- Maryville
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/mair"ee vil'/, n.a city in E Tennessee. 17,480.
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city, seat (1845) of Nodaway county, northwestern Missouri, U.S. It lies about 40 miles (65 km) north of St. Joseph. Founded in 1845, it was named for Mary Graham, an early settler. The community's economy depends on corn (maize), soybeans, and livestock raised in the surrounding area and on small manufactures (batteries, engines, automobile parts, steel bars, and industrial wire). Maryville is the seat of Northwest Missouri State University (established 1905). The first incorporation (1856) of Maryville was annulled, and the city was reincorporated in 1869. Pop. (2000) 10,581; (2005 est.) 10,567.city, seat (1795) of Blount county, eastern Tennessee, U.S., about 15 miles (25 km) south of Knoxville and a gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The settlement was founded in 1790 around Fort Craig (built in 1785). It was named for the wife of William Blount (Blount, William), governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River. A few miles northeast of the city is a restored log cabin (1794) where Sam Houston (Houston, Sam), who later became president of the Republic of Texas, taught school in 1812. In 1910 the first of a series of power dams was begun on the nearby Little Tennessee River and its tributaries. The purchase of these dams by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) led to the procurement of land just north of Maryville for a plant site. That area was incorporated as Alcoa in 1919.The city's economy is based mainly on the aluminum industry and on the manufacture of automotive parts. Services, including tourism, are also important. Cherokee National Forest and Fort Loudoun State Historic Park are southwest of the city. Inc. 1838. Pop. (1990) 19,208; (2000) 23,120.* * *
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